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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

It's the summer before Junior High. Yes, we homeschool, but starting in August Funny Bunny will be in a co-op with other 7th graders and she will move up to Youth at church with 7th-12th graders. I want her to be prepared and equipped for whatever situations she may face.

I had been researching the best resource to use when I came across Passport2Purity by Family Life. Passport2Purity equips parents with a step-by-step God centered program that ensures a life-changing weekend with your preteen.

Now my daughter is very resistant to "growing up". She wants to stay young forever and still loves to "play" with her dolls. I'm very thankful for that! I recognize, however, that she is living in a very different world than I grew up in. Regardless of her resistance to hearing about how her body is changing, boys, dating, and peer pressure, she needs to know about it. We had already discussed a few things, but there were still some very important topics I had avoided until now.

A Friday night to Saturday night is recommended to complete the program, but due to our schedule, I planned our trip out a little differently. I booked one night at a nearby hotel and our trip lasted from a Wednesday afternoon to Thursday afternoon. We listened to the CDs together, she worked on her journal, we talked, completed the projects, and we shopped, ate dinner out, and spent a late night watching a movie and painting nails.

Below you can see Funny Bunny is coloring in her journal while we listen to the CDs. Notice the chocolate bar and Vitamin Water. Two of her favorite things! The morning concluded with breakfast and a Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino. :)

We had a fun time, but there was definitely some resistance, especially during Session 3. Once that was behind us though, it was smooth sailing. We had a lot of great conversation and it is a time that we will always remember.

To learn more about Passport2Purity, watch the video below.

Find out More: You can find out more about Passport2Purity online at Family Life. The Passport2Purity Getaway Kit is $39.99 but I'm excited to share that my readers are able to get 25% off with the code PASSPORT through 8/31/15.

Friday, July 10, 2015

We are starting Classical Conversations next month. Funny Bunny will be in Challenge A. She is so excited to start this new journey and up for the challenges that will come with it.

One of the subjects she will be learning is Latin. We are not strangers to Latin and she has studied it in one form or another since Kindergarten. Some years used a full curriculum and others were more of a review.

Next month she will be starting in her first year of Henle Latin. It's my understanding that this first year Latin program is for high school students, so she will actually take three years to complete the first book.

Over the past few months we have been getting familiar with these books and have completed some lessons. Not only is the content challenging, but so is the layout of the lessons. It can get very confusing.

So that's why I was excited to receive the Memoria Press Henle Latin I Study Guides and Quizzes & Tests. There are three Study Guides and three Quizzes and Tests booklets. The first covers units 1 and 2, the next covers units 3-5, and the last includes units 6-14.

The Study Guides break down each weekly lesson into easy to manage sections and they also contain helpful study aids like how to make vocabulary and grammar cards. The best part about the study guide is that is has all the answers to the Henle Latin Exercises, which is wonderful because the Henle Latin book does not have complete answers, and it can be frustrating.

The Quizzes and Tests books have a quiz for each week, along with tests, a final exam and the answer keys.

I'm already loving the look of these books and I can't wait to really get started using them next month!

Find Out More: You can find out more online at Memoria Press. The Memoria Press Henle Latin Study Guides are $14.95 each and the Quizzes and Tests booklets are $9.95 each. You can also purchase the Henle Latin First Year books through Memoria Press. The Text is $16.95, the Grammar Book is $9.50, and the Answer Key is $5. You can see a sample of each at the link above.